OS Addict

[Darkbackwardz]

I've got a problem, or rather my computer has a problem, or more precisely, its hard discs do. I'm addicted to operating systems. This machine has at one time run every compatible OS on Earth, everything from Windows XP to a freaky Caldera version of DR-DOS (CP/M) with a GUI. I currently have FOUR operating systems installed on my computer, RedHat Enterprise 4, Solaris X, FreeBSD 4.11, and I'm typing this from BeOS Developer Edition 1.1(YES, I DOWLOADED IT THAT QUICK). Before I run out of hard discs my grub.conf file will be a longer read than War & Peace :P

[techieMoe]

Is BeOS being developed again? I must admit I'm a fellow OS addict.

[onlinebacon]

OOHHH OOOH OOOH SO AM I!!!!

I have Solaris 10, Slackware 10.1 RH8 and 9, Gentoo 2005, Some CISCO UNIX rubbish M$ 95, 98 XP and 2000 ( my dad's) and Fedora Core 3.

[oz]

Same here... I've tried multiple versions of at least 50 different distros, but I don't keep anything but the one I'm using on my drive. I do however make "images" of the ones I really like so that I can quickly restore them if I should want/need to.

[bigtomrodney]

Yeah I'm a bit of an addict too. Though I'm forcing myself to only use one at a time now, keep harddisc space for user data...I run SuSE9.3 on my laptop, Mandrake 10.0 on an old optiplex (never used so I haven't updated it). But I have a CD wallet with more distro discs and LXF cover DVDs than any man should have. I'll probably scab a copy of x86 MacOSX from BT, heard there's a compatible developers edition. Plus I'm waiting for the LG3D servers to come back up so I can whip the live disc down. Although I sure am a case of being obsessive ewith OSes, I'm focussed on Linux. I'll always get some smart old fecker at work say "Why do you do that" and I say "How do you call yourself a Lan Admin when you've only ever used Windows?"

Any self respecting techie should spread themself across available technology and keep abrest of new developments.

[techieMoe]

Speaking of addictions, I'm downloading Solaris 10 Express just for fun.

[benjamin20]

why do you people do that. i just never understood why you would want to spend so much time trying out all these distros. they cant be all THAT different can they? i mean they all are based off of gnu software. now trying actual operationg systems i can understand. gotta see what everyone in the other camp is hyping about. but at least too me you only need one os for each computer. but i guess to every man his own free will.

[techieMoe]

why do you people do that. i just never understood why you would want to spend so much time trying out all these distros. they cant be all THAT different can they?

If you don't understand now, you probably never will.

[oz]

why do you people do that. i just never understood why you would want to spend so much time trying out all these distros. they cant be all THAT different can they?

I like to consider it a "hobby"... besides, that word sounds much better than "addiction".

Seriously, I just like to see how they all install, look, and feel. Perhaps I'm curious if any of them might be the so-called perfect distro for me, too. So far, though, I've found good and bad in all of them.

[genesus]

I myself am an os whore as well. I try to install about one per week on my extra partition...since gentoo I cannot find any that I really want to keep though...I thought deb would be it...but alas...on to something else...hmm OpenBSD or Solaris X?